The role of leaders is never more crucial than during times of war. The ability to inspire confidence and communicate resolution is essential to the national interest. The requirements of leadership are not limited to military affairs: citizens look to leaders to guide the economy, protect the laws and safeguard national values. Leadership has never been simple, but it is even more complicated in the age of mass democracy: globalization, the power of the media and the constraints of bureaucracy are among the many challenges facing leaders at the beginning of the 21st century. eminent...

The role of leaders is never more crucial than during times of war. The ability to inspire confidence and communicate resolution is essential to the n...

Front-loading has emerged in several US election cycles and is the single most criticized feature of the American presidential selection process. Where state primaries and caucuses were once spread out over a period of three or four months, most are now crammed into a four- or five-week interval at the very beginning of the delegate selection calendar. The system that results has been called absurdly accelerated, dangerously irrational, warped and virtually mindless and a parody of participatory democracy.

Front-loading has emerged in several US election cycles and is the single most criticized feature of the American presidential selection process. Wher...

This series is devoted to developing fresh perspectives in theory and research on leadership. Areas covered in this volume include: a grounded leadership theory with insights into entrepreneurship; aesthetics in leadership; and building grounded theory in leadership through electronic networking.

This series is devoted to developing fresh perspectives in theory and research on leadership. Areas covered in this volume include: a grounded leaders...

This series is devoted to developing fresh perspectives in theory and research on leadership. Areas covered in this volume include: a grounded leadership theory with insights into entrepreneurship; aesthetics in leadership; and building grounded theory in leadership through electronic networking.

This series is devoted to developing fresh perspectives in theory and research on leadership. Areas covered in this volume include: a grounded leaders...

Sweeping in scope and depth, this text provides portraits of the main players within the US government including Clinton, Bush, Reagan and Kissinger and a view of what lies behind the empire over which George W. Bush presides.

Sweeping in scope and depth, this text provides portraits of the main players within the US government including Clinton, Bush, Reagan and Kissinger a...

Encourages the commitment of teachers and parents, in order to develop responsible, self reliant and knowledgeable young people with great leadership skills. This book aims to examine the principles of leadership from the teachers perspective, and also loo

Encourages the commitment of teachers and parents, in order to develop responsible, self reliant and knowledgeable young people with great leadership ...

Tom Duncan's Advanced Physics is firmly established as a leading textbook for those studying physics at Advanced Level. The third edition of these books for Hong Kong, Volume 1: Mechanics and Electricity, and Volume 2: Waves, Atoms and Materials, provide complete coverage of the Hong Kong Advanced Level syllabus.

Tom Duncan's Advanced Physics is firmly established as a leading textbook for those studying physics at Advanced Level. The third edition of these boo...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mao Tse-tung and Genghis Khan are among the 200 well-known historical figures included in this volume. Examples of other lesser-known, yet important, individuals covered in this work are: Adolphus Gustavas, Swedish empire creator; Hatshepsut, queen of ancient Egyptian dynasty; and Jean Jaures, French socialist leader and pacifist. Each synopsis provides information on each individual's enduring impact on the common understanding of fundamental themes of human existence.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mao Tse-tung and Genghis Khan are among the 200 well-known historical figures included in this volume. Examples of other le...

The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. This Compendium presents an analysis of the American presidency - dealing with issues and historical events.

The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. This Compe...

First published in 1979, prior to the Iran-Iraq war, this important collection of speeches explains some of the strategic foundations of Iraq's foreign and internal policies under the Ba'th Arab Socialist Party.

First published in 1979, prior to the Iran-Iraq war, this important collection of speeches explains some of the strategic foundations of Iraq's foreig...

The greatness of a nation is less a function of its physical geography than it is of the quality of its human content. Any nation can rise to great heights if it has within its borders men and women who will dare to dream and see a life beyond the limitations of the times in which they live.

These are people who know that however dark and bleak the night may be, there'll be light at the break of dawn, and are willing both to persevere through the long, dark night and to help others do so. These men and women are those the world knows as patriots.

In Dreams of a Patriot,...

The greatness of a nation is less a function of its physical geography than it is of the quality of its human content. Any nation can rise to great...

The tension between ruler and ruled in democratic societies has never been satisfactorily resolved, and the competing interpretations of this relationship lie at the bottom of much modern political discourse. In this fascinating book, Thomas Wren clarifies and elevates the debates over leadership by identifying the fundamental premises and assumptions that underlie past and present understandings.

The tension between ruler and ruled in democratic societies has never been satisfactorily resolved, and the competing interpretations of this relation...

A timely discussion of dissent as a critical factor that differentiates leadership failures and successes. This book explores the vital but largely unrecognized connections between leadership and dissent. From interdisciplinary perspectives the author demonstrates dissent as a critical factor that differentiates leadership failures and successes and examines how dissent is implicated in problems plaguing theory development in leadership studies. By way of conclusion new proposals for legitimating dissent as a unique instrument for advancing social development and avoiding failures of...

A timely discussion of dissent as a critical factor that differentiates leadership failures and successes. This book explores the vital but largely un...

In this compelling book, top scholars from diverse fields describe the progress they have made in developing a general theory of leadership. Led by James MacGregor Burns, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the classic Leadership (1978), they tell the story of this intellectual venture and the conclusions and questions that arose from it. The early chapters describe how, in order to discuss an integrative theory, the group first wrestled with the nature of theory as well as basic aspects of the human condition that make leadership necessary and possible. They then tackle topics such as: the many...

In this compelling book, top scholars from diverse fields describe the progress they have made in developing a general theory of leadership. Led by Ja...

Political leadership is a concept central to understanding political processes and outcomes, yet its definition is elusive. Many disciplines have contributed to the study of leadership, including political theory, history, psychlogy and management studies. Political Leadership reviews the contributions of these disciplines along with a dicussion of the work of classic authors such as Niccolo Machiavelli, Max Weber and Robert Michels.

Political leadership is a concept central to understanding political processes and outcomes, yet its definition is elusive. Many disciplines have cont...

It is impossible to imagine effective democracies without effective leaders. Yet leaders are often seen as the problem democratic governance is designed to solve, not the solution. Through a careful but lively critique of some of the classic works in modern democratic thought - from Machiavelli to Locke and from The Federalist Papers to Rawls - The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy explains what is meant by effective political leadership in a system and culture of government where the power and discretion of leaders are severely limited.

It is impossible to imagine effective democracies without effective leaders. Yet leaders are often seen as the problem democratic governance is design...

In their preface to this three-volume set, the three editors (all affiliated with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, U. of Richmond) tell of eagerly jumping on the opportunity to create a reference collection that approaches the subject of leadership with a deep and broad view--eschewing the plethora of popular press treatments and seeking ou

In their preface to this three-volume set, the three editors (all affiliated with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, U. of Richmond) tell of eag...

The tension between ruler and ruled in democratic societies has never been satisfactorily resolved, and the competing interpretations of this relationship lie at the bottom of much modern political discourse. In this fascinating book, Thomas Wren clarifies and elevates the debates over leadership by identifying the fundamental premises and assumptions that underlie past and present understandings.

The tension between ruler and ruled in democratic societies has never been satisfactorily resolved, and the competing interpretations of this relation...